Ana G. Méndez University has moved its Montgomery County campus from Wheaton Plaza to downtown Silver Spring. It is located in the former Discovery Channel headquarters building at 1 Discovery Place. After the County's anti-business policies and moribund economy - along with the County Council's failure to even negotiate to retain Discovery - led Discovery to relocate to greener pastures in Knoxville, Tennessee, their empty HQ has been rebranded as Inventa Towers.
Ana G. Méndez is calling the new location their "Capital Area Campus." This is a loss for businesses such as nearby restaurants in Wheaton where students would eat, but does put the college in a proximity to more current and potential students at the new location. Of course, the loss for Wheaton restaurants becomes a gain for downtown Silver Spring eateries.
"along with the County Council's failure to even negotiate to retain Discovery"
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"led Discovery to relocate to greener pastures in Knoxville, Tennessee"
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8:51: It is a FACT that the Council neglected to even keep tabs on Discovery's dissatisfaction, and were in fact arguing about whether to ban circus animals from the County at the very time Knoxville was finalizing the deal with Discovery.
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It is also a FACT that Discovery moved the bulk of Silver Spring jobs to Knoxville, which was closer to the airport, had lower operating costs, and a more affordable cost-of-living for their employees.
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